Guide-wire reinforcement and lengthening with coaxial locking guide wires: the crimping technique.
The authors developed a technique to increase the size of a guide wire and permit single-step placement of catheters and large sheath systems over previously inserted small-caliber guide wires. The technique involves compression of metal cannula against a smaller in-dwelling wire or inner cannula. It has been used successfully during laser-assisted balloon angioplasty and percutaneous nephrolithotomy.
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Department of Radiology, JHMHC University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville 32610.
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Hawkins
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Akins
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Rasmussen
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D000792:Angiography / Q000295:instrumentation; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans